Display-fixture



N. 1. MIANO. DISPLAY FIXTURE. APPLICATION FlLEb JAN. 24A l9l9.

1 3 1 4,887 Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

be avwmdoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NICHOLAS JOSEPH MIANQ, or, JAMAICA, NEW -storm, ASSIGNOR To UNIVERSAL FIXTURE ORP AT YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented fiept. ,2, 1912).

.-Application filed lannary 24, 19,19. .1 Serial No. 272,960.

To, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,, N1onoLAs.Josnrir.

NIL-\NO, a citizen of the United, States,- and resident of Jamaica, inthe borough and county ofiQueens Long Island,-State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in, Display-Fixtures,

' ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

' vide a display panelifor disk records, or the like, having relativelyishallow pockets ar- This invention relates to improvements in display "fi'xtnres and particularly to swing- ;ing panels for displaying articles.

a Oneof the objects of the-invention is. toprovide a; swinging-panel for;display-racks having means for supporting a plurality. of

disk records for phonographs, ,or similar disk-like articles, snb'stantially'flatly against :the two faces ofthe panel,insuohnnanner that. the articles. may be L inspected while on the panel and may: be: readily removed when a desired. r

Another object ofethe invention is tolproranged one above the; otherjin. such, manner that the upper portion of a.recordsupported in one pocketwill overlie aportion ofthe pocket next above,- thereby assisting in holding the pockets-and records closely against the faceofthe pane1.,and enabling a naximum numberof records to bedisplayed on a panel. l,

A further object. of theinventionus to provide a panelghaving a series (it-relatively shallow ..superposed pockets the mouths and bottoms of whiclrdip from their sides. toward the center, whereby said pockets are adapted to securelysupport gdisk phonograph records flatly aga'instithe face of. the paneland the same tlme lc'ave the upper portion, and center of the record exposed, thus permitting the title of the record ,;to be readily seen: and enablingi'the' record .i t be. easily grasped and removed a from t e V P Qket. v v I ,.45

A further highlyimportant object ofthe invention isthevprovisionof a display panel having a series of superposed horizontal slots; therein ,,ztn';d a plurality. of ,duplex pockets adapted to support articles-cappposite sides offthe panel ,ancl h'aving the bottom portions thereof connected together ;.through said slots.

Another important object of the-invention is the provision of means for supporting articles on opposlte sides of a panel,

,rigid rectangular frame:formed with vera) lical side rods? and 8 connected near their lower ends by a transverse rod 9. i he ends comprising a pair of horizontal strips secured at their ends to opposite faces of the panel and having their upper and, lower Hedges free from tho panelrtho .lower edg'es ofsaid strips being connected together in termediate their ends through atransversely extending slot in the panel.

In thedrawing, Figure l is aside elevation of a panel constructed in accordance witlrthe invention, mountedan a .sultablcuo support ng means Fig.2 a vertical sectional View on the line III-J1 ofs Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a detail horizontal sectional view of a portion of the, panel; 7

EFigA a fragmentaryuside elevation of the In the drawings the invention is shown embodied in ia 1.s\ vinging panel display ,fixture,\but;1t w1l1fbe,obv1ous; that the invention is also applicable for usein connec-,.8 tion with fixtures having, stationary panels. ,Referrin' to the various parts by numerals, 1 cesignates a swinging panel support whicheis mounted. on a-vertical 120d 2 and is formed with the flange 3, at its .upper 8 'eLnrLand a flanged at itslowerend. The rod 2 is supportedby brackets 5 secured, to a .wall 6 01' other. rigid support.

'lheswingingidisplay panel comprises a of rod -7 are pivotnllyheld to flanges 3 and 4 of the panel support, and rods 7, S and 5) .support a channel frame'10 havingits open 9 side facing inwardly. sThe upper. ends of the side members of the channel ifi'amex10 are open and said sideimembeisare. connected by a. removable channel bar 10. The

rods 7 and S are connected iadjacent theiril upper ends by a bar-"11. A panel boardi12 ofi heavy cardboard, or

.other "suitable material, is removably I held -av1th1h the channel frame 10 and .said. board is provided withwa vertical series of super posed transversely extending slots 12, preferably "curved as" shownd 'l wo I series of strips of fabric 13 and 14 extend transversely across the panel board at opposite sides thereof, each strip 13 being arranged directly opposite one of-the strips 14;, and the ends of the strips of both series being stitched to the panel board by vertical rows I tically longitudinally thereof by the panel board "and having its sides connected together centrally of the pocket through a .slot in the board, the pocket being open at the bottom at each side of said intermediate connection. It will be obvious that the sides of the pocket and the intermediate may be cut in one place if connection 17 desired. r r

When designed for holding disk records for phonographs the strips 13 and 14 are made narrower than half the diameter of the standard record and the upper edges .of the strips are curved downwardly at the center as shown so that the title of the record printedon the center thereof may be readily seen without removing the record from the pocket. The pockets are also-arranged closeenough together to permit'the upper portion of one record to'partlyxoverlap the' pocket next above, thus serving to assist in holding the records flatly against 7 the panel and also permitting a'maximum number of records "to bedisplayed on.the

panel. y 7

By connecting the strips 13 and l l-together'through slots 12 in the panel board a very strong pocket is formed at each side I of the panel, and the weight of the records strain on stitches=15 It also will be obis supported largely by the connecting portions 17 of the-pockets which bear upon the lower edges of slots-12 thus relieving the served that the pockets are open along their lower edges throughout the greaterportion of the width of the pockets, thus preventing the accumulation of dirt and grit in the pockets that would be liable to injurethe records.

What I claim isi 1. A display fixture panel comprising a holding frame, a panel board therein provided' with a vertical series ofsuperposed transversely extending slots, and two series Copies of this patent may be obtained for of oppositely disposed strips of flexible material secured at their ends to the faces of the panel. board, the lower edges of each five cents each, by addressing Washington, I). 0.

oppositelydisposed pair of said strips being connected together through one of the slots in the panel board.

' 2. A display fixture frame, a panel board. therein provided with a vertical series of apertures centrally thereof, and, two series ofoppositely disposed strips of flexible material extending transtheir ends to said board, the upper edges panel comprising a p .versely of .the panel board and secured at V '70 of saidstrips being =curved' downwardly toward the middle thereof and the lower 7 edges of each oppositely disposedipair'of strips being connectedtogether substantially midway thereof-through one of the apertures in the panel board.

3. A display fixturepanel comprising aframe, a panel board removably held in the frame and provided with a transverseslot, I a pair of oppositely disposed strips' of flexi-" ble material extending transversely across opposite" faces of the 1 panel board and stitched-thereto at their ends, andbinding strips stitched to the upper and lower edges of said strips,'the lower edges of said strips being stitched together intermediate their endsfor a portion of their length at a point.

coincident with theslotinthe panel board.

4. A panel board having a series of super posed apertures therein, and a plurality of pairs of oppositely disposedarticle-holding;

stripsfsecur'ed at their ends tosaid board and connected together through said apertures intermediate their ends. 7 Y

5. A panel board havlng a transverse slot therein, and a pair'of article holdin'g strips extending transversely of the board at opposite sides thereof, the ends of said strips being secured to the board and saidstrips having a connection at their lower {edges through said slot in the board. 7

6. A panel board having a transverse slot therein, and a pair of stripsof flexiblematerial stitched at their ends to said board and having their lower edges stitched together at a point midway their length to form an-intermediate connection extending through sa1d slot. r I

7. A panel board havlng a vertical series of apertures therein, and strips of flexible material secured at their ends to each side of sa1d board and having their upper and lower edges free fro-m said board throughout their length, said strips being arranged in pairs'having their lower edges connected together mtermediate their ends through said apertures.

In testimony whereofI hereunto "affix signature. V r

NICHOLAS JOSEPH MIANO.

the Commissioner of Patents, 

